The aims of this study were to investigate whether anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) bind to intact (resting or activated) platelets in vitro. Suspensions of resting, activated (with a mixture of thrombin and collagen) and freeze-thawed platelets from healthy subjects were incubated with either affinity-purified aCL or pooled normal human immunoglobulin G (IgG). Platelet-bound IgG was measured by flow cytometric analysis of platelets incubated with a fluorescein-conjugated polyclonal goat anti-human IgG.
There was no significant binding of IgG aCL to intact resting or activated platelets, while significant specific binding to freeze-thawed platelets was demonstrated. These results question the theory that aCL bind/activate intact platelets in vivo.
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